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• Optical switch — This article is about the optical component. For the optoelectronic component, see Slotted optical switch. In telecommunication, an optical switch is a switch that enables signals in optical fibers or integrated optical circuits (IOCs) to be… …   Wikipedia

• Switch — For other uses, see Switch (disambiguation). Electrical switches. Top, left to right: circuit breaker, mercury switch, wafer switch, DIP switch, surface mount switch, reed switch. Bottom, left to right: wall switch (U.S. style), miniature toggle… …   Wikipedia

• Optical tweezers — (originally called single beam gradient force trap ) are scientific instruments that use a highly focused laser beam to provide an attractive or repulsive force (typically on the order of piconewtons), depending on the refractive index mismatch… …   Wikipedia

• Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems — (MOEMS) is not a special class of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) but in fact it is MEMS merged with Micro optics which involves sensing or manipulating optical signals on a very small size scale using integrated mechanical, optical, and… …   Wikipedia

• Banyan switch — A Banyan Switch is a complex crossover switch used in electrical or optical switches.It is named for its resemblance to the roots of the Banyan tree which crossover in complex patterns. Logical banyan switches are used in logic or signal pathways …   Wikipedia

• Crossbar switch — In electronics, a crossbar switch (also known as cross point switch, crosspoint switch, or matrix switch) is a switch connecting multiple inputs to multiple outputs in a matrix manner. Originally the term was used literally, for a matrix switch… …   Wikipedia

• Crossover switch — In electronics, a crossover switch or matrix switch is a switch connecting multiple inputs to multiple outputs using complex array matrices designed to switch any one input path to any one (or more) output path(s). There are blocking and non… …   Wikipedia

• Membrane switch — Electronic membrane switches A membrane switch is an electrical switch for turning a circuit on and off. It differs from a mechanical switch, which is usually made of copper and plastic parts: a membrane switch is a circuit printed on PET or ITO …   Wikipedia

• Electronic component — Various components An electronic component is a basic electronic element and may be available in a discrete form having two or more electrical terminals (or leads). These are intended to be connected together, usually by soldering to a printed… …   Wikipedia

• Electric motor — For other kinds of motors, see motor (disambiguation). For a railroad electric engine, see electric locomotive. Various electric motors. A 9 volt PP3 transistor battery is in the center foreground for size comparison. An electric motor converts… …   Wikipedia

• History of the single-lens reflex camera — The history of the single lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular as drawing aids… …   Wikipedia